Rethinking City-regionalism as the Production of New Non-State Spatial Strategies: The Case of Peel Holdings Atlantic Gateway Strategy

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2315-2335

  Harrison, John ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE SECTOR; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONALISM; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN REGION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84908569787     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013493481     Document Type: Article

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